Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock FooteCombining a breadth of scholarship, insightful critical thinking, and an engaging personal interaction with Mary Hallock Foote's substantial collection of illustrations and writings, Megan Riley McGilchrist provides a significant contribution to western literature and the lives of western writers. Exile, Nature, and Transformation in...
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Beaumonster: A MemoirA BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE ADVENTURES OF FIRST-RATE STORYTELLER, GUITARIST, AND RELENTLESS ROAD WARRIOR JESSE DAYTON Jesse Dayton's story reads like a who's who of American music. In his debut memoir Beaumonster, Dayton reveals the stranger-than-fiction encounters and outlandish experiences that have ensued across...
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Dancing with my Father: His hidden past. Her quest for truth. How Nazi Vienna shaped a family's identityDoes a child have the right to know a parent's history? Does the key to one's identity lie within that history? Raised as a Catholic in Ireland and Canada, the author of Dancing with my Father thought so as she probed her father's past,...
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Not Always a Valley of Tears: A Memoir of a Life Well Lived2021 winner of Soon To Be Famous Illinois Author Project for the Spanish Category De la Página a la Fama. Pascuala Herrera, a Mexican immigrant woman with a physical disability resulting from childhood polio, had the odds against her, yet she conquered simply by...
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Jack Hinson's One-Man WarAuthor: Tom C. McKenneyPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 11/15/2016Binding Type: MP3 CDISBN: 9781665295000About the AuthorMcKenney, Tom C.: - Tom C. McKenney is a retired infantry officer and parachutist in the United States Marine Corps, having served in Korea and Vietnam. An experienced author, Tom has contributed...
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Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing UpAuthor: Naya RiveraPublisher: HighBridge AudioPublished: 10/11/2016Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781665148573About the AuthorRivera, Naya: - Naya Rivera is an actress and singer from Valencia, California. As a child, she appeared on Family Matters, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and The Royal Family. For six seasons, she...
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One Hundred Dogs and Counting: One Woman, Ten Thousand Miles, and a Journey Into the Heart of Shelters and RescuesA challenging foster dog inspires an experienced foster mama to explore where the endless stream of unwanted dogs is coming from--and how things could change. After nearly a year struggling to find a home for a particular foster dog, Cara begins to wonder how...
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Quitters Never Win: My Life in Ufc -- The American Edition"The fighter's life is not an easy one. No one knows that more than Michael Bisping. But few have done it better." --Thomas Gerbasi, UFC.com Britain's own Rocky Balboa, Michael Bisping tells the incredible story of how he went from rough and humble beginnings...
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Viking for Life: A Four-Decade Football Love AffairAn unforgettable look at a lifetime of Vikings football packed with Studwell's insights into the game, on and off the field.In professional football, careers are often short and turnover is a constant. So when one man's career spans more than four decades with one...
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He Probably Won't Shoot You: Memoir of an Adult Protective Services Case ManagerAdult Protective Services (APS) is the social service system charged with aiding older people and disabled adults who are being mistreated by others or cannot meet their own basic needs for health and safety (self-neglect). These are America's most vulnerable citizens, and they often...
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Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish RadicalThe life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival Meir Kahane came of age amid the radical politics of the counterculture, becoming a militant voice of protest against Jewish liberalism. Kahane founded the Jewish Defense...
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Man Ray: The Artist and His ShadowsA biography of the elusive but celebrated Dada and Surrealist artist and photographer connecting his Jewish background to his life and art Man Ray (1890-1976), a founding father of Dada and a key player in French Surrealism, is one of the central artists of...
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Mark Twain: Preacher, Prophet, and Social PhilosopherMark Twain's literary works have intrigued and inspired readers from the late 1860s to the present. His varied experiences as a journeyman printer, river boat pilot, prospector, journalist, novelist, humorist, businessman, and world traveller, combined with his incredible imagination and astonishing creativity, enabled him...
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Bella: My Life in FoodBursting with tender and funny anecdotes and gorgeous recipes, Bella is Annabel Langbein's must-read memoir. For the first time, Annabel Langbein, New Zealand's most popular cookbook author, writes about her remarkable life and how food has shaped it, highlighting some of the recipes that...
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Not the Type: Finding My Place in the Real WorldYou can reinvent yourself, you can change, you can grow, you can regress, you can be any number of things at any particular time. Please give yourself permission to do that and be equally as open-minded to others who choose to do the same....
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Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and PhoniesWhen Stephanie Wood meets a former architect turned farmer she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, loving, truthful. They talk about the future. She falls in love. She also becomes increasingly beset by anxiety at his frequent cancellations, no-shows and...
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They Had to Die That Night: The Inside Story Of The Investigation and Trial Of Herbert F. SteiglerIn the early morning hours of October 19, 1968, a fire spread rapidly through a suburban home in Wilmington, Delaware, killing three sleeping victims: a six-year-old girl and a retired couple. The murderer spread ten containers of gasoline around the first floor of the...
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Vegan Voices: Essays by Inspiring ChangemakersA collection of informative, diverse, evocative, and inspiring essays from over 50 vegan activists, educators, artists, and changemakers on the whys and wherefores of the vegan diet and lifestyle. Why should one go vegan? Is veganism the positive change the world needs? Vegan Voices:...
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San Francisco 49ersThis title focuses on the San Francisco 49ers and gives information related to the team's origin in the NFL, their journey through the decades, and highlighting their Hall of Fame players. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and...
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Miami DolphinsThis title focuses on the Miami Dolphins and gives information related to the team's origin in the NFL, their journey through the decades, and highlighting their Hall of Fame players. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an...
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